Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
Richard Graves (1715-1804), Rector of Claverton, Somerset
1786
5 7/16 x 4 5/8 inches (138 x 117 mm), oval
Colored chalks.
1957.12
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Junius S. Morgan.
Notes
Engraved in mezzotint by Gainsborough Dupont, the artist's nephew.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed, apparently by Graves, on reverse of original frame in brown ink, "Hanc / Patris sui Effigiem / Quem / ad vivum delineavit / Egregius Pictor T. Gainsbo / rough / Lucillae Annae Mariae / Filae suae dilectissimae / Dedit / Richardus Graves Ecclesiae Clavertoniae / in agro Somerset / Rector / 8th Aug. 1786".
Watermark: Letters "HR" with chain line between letters.
Watermark: Letters "HR" with chain line between letters.
Associated names
Graves, Richard, 1715-1804, former owner.
Graves, Lucy Anne Mary, 1765-1822, former owner.
Ford, C., former owner.
Skrine, A. D., former owner.
Morgan, Junius S., Mrs., donor.
Graves, Lucy Anne Mary, 1765-1822, former owner.
Ford, C., former owner.
Skrine, A. D., former owner.
Morgan, Junius S., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Bolzoni, Marco S. Thomas Gainsborough : Experiments in Drawings. New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, p. 74, no. 13, repr.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 147
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 111.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 147
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 111.
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Century Drawings
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